Sitting on a bench surrounded by 70-foot-tall Norway spruces, I watch a red-breasted nuthatch take a peanut from a feeder in my front yard. There’s a cool breeze on this sunny autumn day, and I know ...

Nuthatches are year-round residents of our woods and daily visitors to the feeders. They're such a common sight that I hardly notice them. During early fall, there were so few birds at the feeders ...